The UK government on Tuesday gave new British nuclear power plant Sizewell C the final go-ahead after reaching a deal with investors, aiming to bolster net zero and energy security goals. The government, the largest shareholder in the project, said Sizewell C, in eastern England, will cost around £38 billion ($51 billion) to construct. The […]
The head of Gaza’s largest hospital on Tuesday said 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation in the Palestinian territory in the past three days, while Israel pressed a devastating assault. Gaza’s population of more than two million people is facing severe shortages of food and other essentials, with residents frequently killed as […]
The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday a major chikungunya virus epidemic risks sweeping around the globe, calling for urgent action to prevent it. The WHO said it was picking up exactly the same early warning signs as in a major outbreak two decades ago and wanted to prevent a repeat. Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne […]
Major social media platforms are enabling and profiting from misinformation around extreme weather events, endangering lives and impeding emergency response efforts, a research group said Tuesday. The report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) — which analyzed 100 viral posts on each of three leading platforms during recent natural disasters including deadly Texas floods […]
The UN on Tuesday said Israeli forces have killed over 1,000 Palestinians trying to get food aid in Gaza since the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation started operations. An officially private effort, the GHF began operations on May 26 after Israel halted supplies into the Gaza Strip for more than two months, sparking famine […]
PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja has opened a new Pandora’s box regarding his party’s seat-sharing agreement with the opposition in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Senate elections. He has stated that the PTI’s leadership made the decision to strike the deal and the party’s incarcerated founder, Imran Khan, has yet to endorse or reject it. […]
An audit has unearthed a massive overbilling scam involving eight electricity distribution companies (DISCOs), which collectively extorted over Rs244 billion from consumers in an attempt to mask inefficiencies, losses and theft in the system. According to documents obtained by The Express Tribune, the audit report exposes serious financial irregularities in the operations of DISCOs in […]
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday took notice of the electricity tariff slab hike that penalises consumers for exceeding 200 units, directing the Power Division to propose a solution for inflated bills that persist for six months even after a single unit crosses the limit. The committee meeting, chaired by MNA Junaid Akbar Khan, […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that the government was building a safe and business-friendly environment for the Chinese community in Pakistan. “The confidence of Chinese companies in the Pakistani economy is extremely important for our economic future,” the prime minister said while chairing a meeting regarding security arrangements for Chinese citizens in Pakistan. […]
Zahir Jaffer, the man convicted for the murder of Noor Muqadam, has moved the Supreme Court for the review of the apex court’s decision to uphold the death awarded to him. The review petition, filed through Khawaja Haris, stated that “the hype created on the social media” constantly created hatred towards him throughout the investigation […]